Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-02-12
MURDERED BY HER COUSIN.
A Young Girl Fatally Shot by Her
Lover.

AFTER MAKING An UNSUCCESSFUL ATrEARr AT -
sAULr BE SEEKS 10 CLOSE HER LIPS IN DEATH.
Barclay Peak, not quite 20 years Of age is con-
fined in the Mount Holly, n. j., Jail, charged with
having shot his cousin, Mary Catharine And erson
pretty girl of 16, with whom he was in love, and
who is now dying at her fathers home near Smith
VILE, a few milej north of Mount Holly. The cir
cumstances Of the finding OF the girl early on
| Tuesday morning down an embankment alongside
| of the public road leading from Mount Holly to
! Ayerstown, and the subsequent finding OF her
lovers pistol 300 yards away, stated in yester-
| days STAR. led to suspicion of foul play.
The dying girl is the daughter of Nathan An
derson, and has been employed by StratIon
! Colkett, farmer near Newbold's Corner. Her
| uncle, Josiah Peak lives about quarter OF a mile
from the place and her cousin, Barclay Peak. was
her acknowledged lover and companion. On Mon
day evening, after refusing supper, she LETT the
house with a shawl thrown over her head for
walk. This was the last seen OF her until early on
Tuesday morning. Amos johnson, neighboring
farmer, and his son Fred, driving to the mill at
found that the girl was alive but stiff with cold
and wounded in the head. Young Fred thought
| she looked Ike Katie Anderson, and he FASTENED
across to Colketts house and found that the girl
had not been home all night Mr.. Colkett returned
with MN anc recognized her. She did not talk
nationally, and nothing could be learned from her.
She was placed In the wagon and taken to her
uncle's residence and DR.. K. E. Brown, OF Mount
Holly, summoned. He came about noon and
serious nature It was gunshot wound On the
left side OF the head one inch above the ear
In the brain. About daylight on Tuesday morn
Ing Mrs Brewer, neighDor, went to Colkett's
house 10 do the family washing: AS she turned
from the road TO the lane leading into Colkett's
she found pistol, one chamber OF which had
been discharged. This she took to Mrs. Colkett's
noqse ana ianer showed it to young man named
WitcncIaIt, ana ne recognized 1t as the pistol he
had traded to Barclay Peak about a week ago.
Young Peak, when Kate was brought to his
and spent hours at the side OF the girl endeavor-
ing 70 learn how 1t all happened. When pressed
to ten how the revolver was found in the lane, he
stated that on Sunday Katie was at the house, and
ne ana she spent part or the day at target shoot
ing when ne took her home that night she
insisted having the revolver and he gave it to
her. He was not with her on Monday night He
intended TO have gone to see her, but changed his
mind. prosecutor OF the pleas, Charles T. Hen
TO the Peak residence, and on the evidence they
gathered arrested Peak and at once gave him a
The principal witnesses were Andrew Brewer
and his Wife This man lives at the point where
tue ROADS Leading to Peaks house and the Colketts
meet. He testified that he saw young Peak go by
his house on Monday about O'Clock. He created
a sensation when he stated that Miss Anderson,
about week previous, while at his house, when
talking about Peak, said that If girl would re-
fuse him he would take her life Mrs. Brewster,
VINO found the pistol, came in just as the hearing
was oeibg concluded and was put upon the stand.
She corroborated her husbands statement except
that she altered the words and made the sentence
me WOULD Kill the girl that would refuse him"
On croSS-examinatiOn she said that the statement
was so startling that she asked her second time
and she repeated it.
The accused young man was seen In cell In the
MOUNT Holly Jall Thursday afternoon, and he made
SUBSTANTIALLY the same statement that he made to
justice MAYOR, adding that he believed Katie had
attempted suicide on account OF her troubles with
her family. After the hearing the Peak family
raised SO much commotfon because Barclay had
been accused that the doctor had the girl removed
70 ner fathers mouse near Smithville. There she
lay unconscious, and her death was hourly eX-
pected. She did not utter an intelligent word,
and IL was feared she would die without telling
the story OF her fate Fortunately for the ends OF
Justice, late Thursday afternoon Miss Anderson
gained consciousness long enough to say that
Peak met her, attempted to outrage her, and then
sh 5S her to prevent her from exposing him. The
place where the pistol was found, at the end OF
the lane, bears evidence of struggle, and before
the girl had spoken the general impression of those
In The nelghborhOOd was that Peak attempted to
assault her. and because she resisted he shot her.
Ihere were no marks OF gunpowder on the side OF
the face, which are generally found when the pis-
tOl Is placed near the head
The girls condition last night was unchanged.